Category: Windows

Microsoft faces a significant PR battle today as test results from an independent research firm makes claims in the competition’s favor. Of course when we say competition, that could mean from other top alternative desktop operating systems such as Linux. But more immediately, it shows how Microsoft’s Security Essentials stacks up against the other industry […]

In a not-so-surprising turn of events, Microsoft has fessed up to the now infamous ‘0xB16B00B5′ (Big Boobs) string of hex that was supplanted into the Linux kernel. While the prank is certainly very funny, it is not original. 0xB16B00B5 is a common L337 expression, or ‘Hexpression’, in the technical community. It is also noted on […]

(04/21/12) EDIT: I’ve come to learn that this upcoming release– the real one– will be called Microsoft Office 15, so for the sake of this post ranking higher than it already does (it’s the number one hit on Google for ‘Microsoft Office 2013′), I’m putting in this edit solely to use the term Microsoft Office 15. […]

Unix (In General) “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair While both Unix and Ric Flair pre-date the 1970’s, both proliferated in that decade. While Unix was being polished at Bell Labs, readying itself for a few very expensive government deployments, Ric Flair trained in the AWA under wrestling great Verne Gagne. In the 1980’s, Unix became […]

For those readers forced to use Windows at work, but have Administrative access to their machines, Amarok is now available to you. What better way to listen to the Judge John Hodgman podcast or the Vergecast than on a capable player that can manage all of your at work entertainment. Amarok 2.5 is now available […]